What a brilliant morning
My son has been learning to play piano for some time now. But he'd told me he really wanted an electric guitar. He loves Yungblud, Sam Fender etc. With Christmas coming so got my Dad and brother to chip in. But I know nothing about guitars.
A friend on here offered to help. We drove up to meet him this morning. The shop was full of guitars. This friend was brilliant asking him what he liked and wanted. Then getting a couple in his hands. Discussing about necks and other stuff I've no idea. But he guided my son back to a green one he liked. He reckoned one of the best around what I had money for. Then helped explaining amps and stuff.
He helped get a deal including a case, cable, picks and strings! We then popped back to his house where he set the guitar with new strings to suit my son. My son hasn't stopped smiling. The icing on the cake was then hearing his guitar tried out by someone who can really play through his amp to test it all out.
He asks me about music I like. In truth it's never been a thing but my mum gave me a Walkman when I was a kid with her old tapes. I mention Supertramp Crime of the Century. He plays that through on the new guitar. I was blown away.
Oh to be so talented. I hope my son gets like that. It's sitting in my room now until Christmas.
A friend on here offered to help. We drove up to meet him this morning. The shop was full of guitars. This friend was brilliant asking him what he liked and wanted. Then getting a couple in his hands. Discussing about necks and other stuff I've no idea. But he guided my son back to a green one he liked. He reckoned one of the best around what I had money for. Then helped explaining amps and stuff.
He helped get a deal including a case, cable, picks and strings! We then popped back to his house where he set the guitar with new strings to suit my son. My son hasn't stopped smiling. The icing on the cake was then hearing his guitar tried out by someone who can really play through his amp to test it all out.
He asks me about music I like. In truth it's never been a thing but my mum gave me a Walkman when I was a kid with her old tapes. I mention Supertramp Crime of the Century. He plays that through on the new guitar. I was blown away.
Oh to be so talented. I hope my son gets like that. It's sitting in my room now until Christmas.
